MEP – Payments outside Alberta

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MEP is authorized by the Interjurisdictional Support Orders (ISO) Act to monitor and enforce a court order when the payor or recipient of support lives outside Alberta. This is made possible by our reciprocal registration agreements with other jurisdictions.

‘Reciprocal registration’ happens when a court order from one jurisdiction (for example, Ontario) is filed in another jurisdiction (for example, Alberta) that recognizes the first jurisdiction’s authority to make a court order for child, spousal or partner support.

MEP has reciprocal registration agreements with these jurisdictions:

all Canadian provinces and territories
all American states and territories
over 20 other countries

- MEP forwards the Alberta court order for support to the enforcement program in your jurisdiction
- MEP monitors the court order
- your jurisdiction enforces the court order
- collection actions occur in your jurisdiction
- MEP provides accounting and communication services between your jurisdiction and the recipient (creditor)
- any funds collected by your jurisdiction are routed to MEP and forwarded to the creditor
Making payments
Send your support payments to the enforcement program in your jurisdiction. If you send them directly to the creditor, you may end up:
- with late payment penalties, and
- paying twice in the same time period
In most cases, enforcement programs outside Alberta will collect payments until the age of majority for the jurisdiction where your child lives, unless information is received – before that time – stating that your child is no longer eligible.
To change a court order
- follow MEP guidelines for changing a court order, or
- contact the enforcement program in your jurisdiction
To learn about collection actions
Contact the enforcement program in your jurisdiction.
To get updates on your file
Contact the enforcement program in your jurisdiction.
Enforcement programs outside Alberta
- MEP may forward the Alberta court order for support to the enforcement program in your jurisdiction
- your jurisdiction may ask MEP to file the court order in Alberta
- MEP monitors and enforces the court order
- MEP receives support payments directly from the payor (debtor)
- MEP provides accounting and communication services between your jurisdiction and the debtor
- any funds collected from the debtor are routed to MEP and forwarded to your jurisdiction, and then to you
To change a court order
- follow MEP guidelines for changing a court order, or
- contact the enforcement program in your jurisdiction
To learn about collection actions
Read what happens if support isn’t paid
To get updates on your file
Contact the enforcement program in your jurisdiction.
Enforcement programs outside Alberta
- MEP will treat your court order for support like it’s from Alberta
- MEP may be able to file the court order from your former jurisdiction, in Alberta
- MEP monitors and enforces the court order, once it’s filed in Alberta
- MEP will close the file for the Alberta court order if you’ve both moved out of Alberta
- you must register with the enforcement program in the jurisdiction(s) where you live
If you live outside the country and need to send support payments to a recipient (creditor) in Canada, follow MEP guidelines for making payments.

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If you’re a payor (debtor) living outside Alberta

Making payments

To change a court order

To learn about collection actions

To get updates on your file

If you’re a recipient (creditor) living outside Alberta

To change a court order

To learn about collection actions

To get updates on your file

If both parties live in Alberta – with an out-of-province court order

If both parties live outside Alberta – with an Alberta court order

If the payor (debtor) lives outside Canada

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